I agree. I suppose that the score would be the "fairest" way to judge whether it's a trophy or not. Even though that doesn't ever really tell the whole story.

-Jake

well I agree, a trophy in Hunting?/
IMO< normally lays in the eye of the beholder

BUT since this topic seems to be more about a managed property and where SCORE matters
and then killing a MANAGEMENT buck, which means its a SUB par animal basically

the question is WHAT DID IT SCORE
and using that as a measurement stick for the property, MAYBE NOT the hunter that shot it

but it does seem to be the more important side of this topic?
thus why I asked, and well SHOULD be shared IMO
so we all can know what SIZE it is on the score sheet trophy meter!

I bet he grosses more than we think.

well I already thought it would score pretty well, due to all the mass and well long tines,
that;'s kinda why I am very curious as to what it scores

as a ton of Whitetail that make record books are far from wide one's, MASS adds up a lot faster than many think it will on score cards

Good looking dog in the leaf pile there too.

-Jake

looks more trophy to me than management, not a monster but still very nice!

a management buck to me is a small rack for age....

here in IL a 6pt at 2.5yo or older would be a management buck...

so unless that was from an area where he's unusually small.... looks like a standard 8/10pt mulie to me...

looking like we will never know the score, as OP been on site , but hasn't offered a number?

Next fall looking good.....

Nice buck! I'd be proud of that.

nice mule deer there, but what about the score on the one you started this topic on??

what did it score?